Borrego Springs High School

Borrego Springs · San Diego County · Borrego Springs Unified · Public

Public San Diego County Borrego Springs Unified → ~33 seniors CDS 3767983…

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At a glance

Programs & features

3 AP courses offered — Strong
Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
1 calculus classes · 1 physics · 2 chemistry

Academic signals

AP rigor: 52nd percentile nationally
4-yr grad rate: 90% in 2019 (Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

California College-Going Rate

48.3% of the 2022-23 graduating class enrolled in college within a year.

The share of 2022-23 graduates who enrolled at a college anywhere in the U.S. within 12 months, per the National Student Clearinghouse match the California Department of Education publishes.

Within 12 months

48.3%

of 29 graduates

Give the same class four more months and 48.3% had enrolled — CDE publishes a 16-month window alongside the 12-month one, 14 students.

Up 13.9 points from the 2021-22 class (34.4%).

Where the 2022-23 class enrolled

In California — 14 students (48.3%)

University of California 6.9% 2

California State University 3.4% 1

California Community College 34.5% 10

California private college 3.4% 1

Out of state — 0 students (0.0%)

Out-of-state 4-year 0.0% 0

Out-of-state 2-year 0.0% 0

CDE puts each graduate in one bucket only — whichever kind of college they were enrolled in longest — so these add up to the rate above. That is a different count from the UC Reach Score on this page, which counts a student at every UC campus that admitted them.

Source: California Department of Education, College-Going Rate (DataQuest) ↗, cohort 2022-23, posted 17-Sep-2025. Data file: cgr12mo23.txt ↗ (and the 16-month file ↗). CDE builds the rate by matching California high school completers to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment records; we publish CDE’s aggregates and hold no student-level data.

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How Borrego Springs High School compares for families

Solid mid-tier academic profile.

▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 52nd percentile nationally with 3 AP courses.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Warner Junior Senior High School, Julian High, Montecito High (continuation) and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses

52nd percentile nationally

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AP courses offered

Math ✓

Students taking AP courses

≈24 per 100 students · uptake, not just offerings

Advanced math classes

1 calculus · 0 advanced

Lab science classes

1 physics · 2 chemistry

Other rigor signals

Dual-enrollment program

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).

SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

SAT/ACT test-takers

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Test-taking intensity

0.0

takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts

What % of students graduate on time?

Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

4-year graduation rate

90%

Range: 80–100%

4-year cohort size

Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years

Compared against

17,988

US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.

Federal Title I context

High-poverty school

Title I Schoolwide eligible

93.5%

FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).

0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025

Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.

About 1 in 4 students read and write at grade level — below the state norm — worth asking what extra support looks like.

About 1 in 5 students do math at grade level — about the state norm.

ELA — met or exceeded

n = 22

22.7%

incl. 9.1% exceeded

-38.5 pts vs. San Diego County median (61.2%) · CA median 54.5% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.4%

Math — met or exceeded

n = 23

17.4%

incl. 13.0% exceeded

-7.2 pts vs. San Diego County median (24.6%) · CA median 21.4% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 53.6%

Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.

Student composition — 2025-26

HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.

Race / ethnicity

Hispanic / Latino 89% +3.1

White 6% -6.3

Black / African Am. 2%

Not reported 2%

Two or more 1%

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 92%

Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: grades 9–12.

27% of students are chronically absent — near the state norm of about 23%.

Chronic absent

27.3%

30 of 110 students

Absenteeism is up 27.3 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

San Diego County median

18.7% · school is worse than 72% of 120 HS

Statewide median

22.8%

Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

126 (2018) → 103 (2026)

-18.3%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

37 (2018) → 25 (2026)

-32.4%

If this trend holds (-2.2%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~101	-2	$0
3 yr (2029)	~96	-7	$0
5 yr (2031)	~92	-11	$0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

How does Borrego Springs High School really compare on getting kids to college?

We've ranked it #2 of 2 most similar nearby schools on UC Reach. Unlock the full snapshot to see the head-to-head — who's ahead, by how much, and where it's heading.

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Enrollment trend + 3-year projection — is this school growing or quietly shrinking?

The plain-English read on what it all means for your family.

Your similar-school group includes

Warner Junior Senior High School · Julian High · Montecito High (continuation) · All Tribes Charter · Poway to Palomar Middle Colleg · Rancho Vista High · +4 more

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the San Diego County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

90% of students who start the year here finish it here.

Critical

Material decline in demand.

Enrollment -32.4% vs. county -6.9% — losing 4.7× the county rate. Each enrolled family matters more, but the engine of new enrollment is breaking down.

-32.4% senior class, grade 12 (2018–2026)

-6.9% San Diego County baseline

-25.5pp gap vs. county

90.2% retention (county median 88.5%)

Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2018

Stability rate by year (raw %)

Stability rate

90.2%

101 of 112 students

11 of 112 students who enrolled at Borrego Springs High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (9.8% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Diego County median

88.5% · school is in the 60th percentile of 124 HS

Statewide median

87.3% · in the 65th percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (103) 91.3%

Hispanic / Latino (98) 91.8%

English learners (24) 95.8%

Students w/ disabilities (23) 82.6%

Nearest peer high schools

Warner Junior Senior High School 88.4% Julian High 77.5% Montecito High (continuation) 51.2% All Tribes Charter 98.0% Poway to Palomar Middle Colleg 89.4%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

District financial profile — Borrego Springs Unified (FY2020)

From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.

Total revenue

$10.7M

-67.6% since FY2017

Per-pupil revenue

$28,611

373 students enrolled

Revenue mix

State: 47.7%
Local: 37.5%
Federal: 14.8%

Instruction share

50.9%

of current spending · $10,294/pupil

Long-term debt

$9.6M

Total revenue by year ($M)

Total expenditure by year ($M)

Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Borrego Springs Unified as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).

UC Reach Score ⓘ methodology

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

16 applications

In context: CA median 80 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 238 · San Diego Co. Top 10% ≥ 231 · higher than 26% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

N/A

— / 16 applications

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

— enrolled of — admitted

Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.

UC Enrollment Reach Score ⓘ

N/A

— enrollees / 33 seniors

Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what share ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.

Student-Counselor Ratio ⓘ

Counseling here is unusually well-staffed — about 206 students per counselor, near what experts recommend.

206:1

0.5 FTE counselors · 103 students

In context: CA median 337:1 · 131 fewer students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.

A-G Completion ⓘ

About half of graduates finish the UC/CSU course requirements — about the state norm.

48%

14 of 29 graduates · 2023-24 cohort

In context: CA median 54.5% · -6.2 pp vs. median · San Diego Co. 62.0%.

Selective UC Reach (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI — incl. the Elite two) ⓘ

N/A

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

CDE grade 12 (exact)

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

116

All grades · CDE Census Day

Economic Connectedness ⓘ

0.72

20th percentile in CA · cross‑class friendships

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.72

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2024

UC Admit Rate %

UC Reach Score (where available)

UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data: applicant and admit totals count a student once at EACH campus. A senior admitted to UCLA and UC San Diego adds 2 to the admit total, so the total can exceed the senior class — that is the metric working as defined, not an error. The admit RATE is unaffected: both its numerator and denominator are campus-level.

Campus Breakdown — 2024

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach Score	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
UCLA → Elite	5	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.69	—^†
UC San Diego → Selective	6	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.69	—^†
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
UC Irvine → Selective	5	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.80	—^†
UC Davis →	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

† = UCOP-suppressed (count below 3 students, hidden for privacy — actual value is 0, 1, or 2, not necessarily zero). Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once; Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which is measured against the whole senior class. See methodology →

What This Means

A large share of the senior class applies to UC, indicating strong college-going culture and UC pipeline development.

Note: the UC Reach Score sums campus-level admits across the top-six UC campuses, so a student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted at each. It reflects competitive admit volume relative to class size — admit-events, not distinct students — which is why a Score can exceed 100.

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